Geobios Last Updated: September, 8Th, 2017
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Instructions for Authors – Geobios Last Updated: September, 8th, 2017 Geobios – Instructions for Authors Geobios publishes bimonthly in English original peer-reviewed articles of international interest in any area of palaeontology, palaeobiology, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography, stratigraphy and biogeochemistry. All taxonomic groups are treated, including microfossils, invertebrates, plants, vertebrates, and ichnofossils. Geobios welcomes descriptive papers based on original material as well as more analytically and/or methodologically-oriented papers. A high priority level is given to synchronic and/or diachronic multi- or inter-disciplinary studies mixing various fields of Earth and Life Sciences. Works based on extant data are also considered, provided they offer significant insights into geological-time studies. Geobios homepage: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/geobios/. All accepted and published articles (including electronic Supplementary Data) are available online on ScienceDirect at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00166995. Geobios is indexed and abstracted in: Science Citation Index, ISI, SCOPUS, Bulletin signalétique, PASCAL, Geo Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, The Geoscience Database, Referativnyi Zhurnal, SciSearch, Research Alert and Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences. 1. Submission of papers The entire submission and review process for Geobios is handled electronically, through Elsevier’s EVISE® web site (https://www.evise.com/profile/#/GEOBIO/login). You must have an e-mail address to use EVISE. Authors submit their article online by registering, logging-in, and submitting. Detailed instructions on the use of EVISE are available at https://www.evise.com. If you need any help with EVISE, please do not hesitate to contact the EVISE support web site: http://service.elsevier.com/app/home/supporthub/publishing/. Any manuscript submitted to Geobios must closely follow the instructions given below (section 2). Therefore, please check your manuscript carefully before to submit it online. A manuscript not following the instructions given below (section 2) will be rejected prior to enter the review process. Once the uploading of all source files is complete, the system automatically generates an electronic (PDF) proof, which is then used for peer-reviewing. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF files at submission for the review process, native source files (including high-quality figures) are needed for the editorial processing. All correspondence, including the Editor's decision, request for revisions and author queries will be by e-mail via the online submission system. We accept text files in most standard word-processing formats but Microsoft Office Word or OpenOffice/LibreOffice Writer is preferred. Graphics should be high-resolution; the preferred formats are either TIFF, EPS or PSD. For further information on the preparation of electronic artwork please see section 2.10. All submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter presenting the overall interest and significance of the research. Submission of an original article implies that: - It has not been published previously, except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis; - It is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; - All authors have seen the manuscript and approve its publication; - It is approved tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out; - If accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher. Upon acceptance of an article, the corresponding author will be asked to complete a ‘Copyright transfer agreement’; acceptance of this Agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of the information. For further information on author’s rights and copyright, please refer to http://authors.elsevier.com/locate/authorsrights. Thematic issues. Collections of reviewed papers on particular themes can be published together in a single issue of the journal. They may represent the outcome of a scientific meeting and/or be solicited by one or more individuals following discussion with, and the agreement of, the Editorial Committee. Please contact the Editor in chief (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/geobios/editorial-board) for further information. 1/7 Instructions for Authors – Geobios Last Updated: September, 8th, 2017 2. Preparation of the manuscript Overall, it is highly recommended when preparing a manuscript for Geobios to refer to and closely follow the format of accepted manuscripts available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/aip/00166995. 2.1. General Submitted manuscripts should not exceed ~40 double-spaced pages from introduction to conclusion, and ~15 figures + tables; the bibliography should not exceed ~150 references. However, longer manuscripts could also be considered; in this case, please contact the Editor in chief (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/geobios/editorial-board) prior to online submission. Please note that most manuscripts can be shortened efficiently without loss of scientific content by associating electronic Supplementary Data with the printed article (see section 2.7). Geobios reserves the right to edit manuscripts for style and format, and may suggest ways in which manuscripts should be shortened to save space. Manuscripts should be written in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of both). If English is not the author’s first language, the manuscript may be proofed by a colleague fluent in English or a professional copyediting service – for information about Elsevier’s English language editing and copyediting services, please visit http://www.elsevier.com/languageediting. Nomenclature and units follow internationally accepted rules and conventions, including: - The International System of Units (SI). If other units are mentioned, please give their equivalent in SI. Measurements in Imperial units are not allowed; - The International Standard ISO 80000-2 (ex ISO 31-11) for mathematical signs and symbols; - The International Codes of Zoological (ICZN) and Botanical (ICBN) Nomenclatures. ICZN is used for heterotropic protozoans such as foraminifera, radiolaria, and tintinnids; ICBN applies to Bacteria and chloroplast- bearing protists including diatoms, coccolithophorids, silicoflagellates, ebridians, prasinophytes, acritarchs, and dinoflagellates; - The International Stratigraphic Guide for biostratigraphic and lithostratigraphic units, and the IUGS standard geological time scale and rock names. Miscellaneous points: - No blank before a colon or a semi-colon; a single blank after a period, colon, semi-colon or comma (except within standard abbreviations such as k.y., m.y., e.g., i.e., cf., etc.) and between numerals and units (“3 cm” not “3cm”); - No sentences begin with a numeral or an abbreviation: write “Three species…”, “Globigerina bulloides…” or “Ocean Drilling Program…” rather than “3 species…”, “G. bulloides…” or “ODP…”, respectively; - Footnotes in the main text are not allowed; - Avoid “see”, “e.g.”, “i.e.”, “etc.” when referring to references, tables or figures (useless in most cases); - All symbols should be clearly defined the first time they are used; they have neither final dot nor plural mark; - Numerals: use decimal points (not commas); use a comma (not space) for thousands (10,000 and above); - Taxon names: use lower case for all taxon names regardless of their rank; use italics only for genus and species names, and bold italics only for genus names alone (see section 2.6 for an example); - Italics are not to be used for expressions of Latin origin such as: e.g., i.e., cf., aff., ca., et al., per se, fide, etc.; - Geographical designations remain as in their original language (e.g., “Massif central”, “Sierra morena”); - Cardinal points are always in lower case, except when they designate a region or are considered as proper nouns (e.g., “the South of France”, “Western countries”); abbreviations N-S-E-W (without dot) can be used; - Time abbreviations for ages are “ka” (thousand years before present) and “Ma” (million years before present); symbols representing quantities of time are “k.y.” and “m.y.” (e.g., “during 65 m.y.”); - Time and time-rock terms: by definition, “lower”, “middle” and “upper” apply to stratigraphic units (i.e., members, formations, groups, stages, series and so on) whereas “early”, “middle” and “late” apply to time units (i.e., ages, epochs, periods and so on); they should be capitalized only when indicating formally defined stratigraphic or time units (e.g., “Lower Ordovician” and “Late Cretaceous”, but “middle Miocene” and “late Zanclean”). If preceded by a specific name, "zone" must be capitalized (e.g., “Palaeofusulina sinensis Zone”, “Zigzag Zone”, but “calcareous nannofossil zone MNN11”); - Do not abbreviate nouns and stratigraphic units (e.g., use “Cretaceous”, not “Cret.”); - Short mathematical formulae should be presented in the line of normal text, whereas longer ones can be isolated in a separate line. Different formulae should be clearly separated in the manuscript, at least by punctuation marks, if not by words. All formulae should be presented consistently and clearly with regard to the meaning of each symbol and its correct location. All unusual symbols must be clearly explained in the text. Scalar variables are to be italicized, whereas vectors and matrices are written